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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took the witness stand, sparring with lawyers to rebut allegations that her romantic relationship with another prosecutor should disqualify them both from prosecuting Trump for alleged election interference in Georgia.

Putin said he preferred Biden to Trump in the U.S. election, in the Russian leader’s first public comments on the 2024 race.

Russia is pursuing an “antisatellite capability” that represents a serious concern but doesn’t present an active threat to Americans’ safety, the Biden administration said.

Preliminary findings suggested the deadly shooting at a Super Bowl rally in Kansas City, Mo., was a dispute among individuals and wasn’t linked to terrorism or domestic extremism, officials said.

An informant who alleged that Biden engaged in a bribery scheme with a foreign national during his vice presidency was arrested on charges of lying to the FBI.

Facebook parent Meta Platforms published instructions encouraging advertisers to use a workaround to avoid paying a 30% service charge to Apple.

Biden’s top economic adviser outlined the factors that she identified as making it easier to bring down inflation without a big decline in economic activity.

Multinational carmaker Stellantis said it would launch a buyback equivalent to $3.22 billion after posting record sales and after-tax profit in 2023.

As Boeing labors through its latest crisis, Airbus is extending its lead over its U.S. rival and threatening to topple the duopoly that has long ruled the industry.

VW faced mounting pressure to pull out of a joint venture in China, as geopolitical tensions collide with business priorities for Germany’s largest manufacturers.

U.S. stocks benefited from renewed optimism about the economic outlook, with the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq rising 0.6%, 0.9% and 0.3%, respectively.

Nike will reduce its workforce by about 2%, or more than 1,600 people, part of its effort to cut costs by as much as $2 billion over three years.

Rod Stewart sold his song catalog to Iconic Artists Group as the music-rights market draws a flurry of fresh capital.

Wells Fargo’s key regulator said it closed the 2016 consent order placed on the bank for opening fake accounts, the subject of a yearslong scandal.

Some of what appeared to be an intact reptile is thought to be painted rock.

Cresomycin has ‘remarkably robust efficacy’ against multiple forms of bacteria, scientists say

The material thought to be well-preserved, ancient soft tissue is, in fact, just black paint, the researchers said.

Secret justice is no justice. Closed court proceedings and sealed records should be rare and require exceptional circumstances. A free society demands no less.

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says the private sector has to embrace civil activism to stop crumbling cities like Johannesburg from collapsing, saying quiet diplomacy is not working.

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1. It's a dupe-lodocus! Incredibly well preserved skin tissue on 'important' fossil discovered in the Alps in 193  Daily Mail
2. The truth behind 280-million-year-old fossil that puzzled archaeologists for decades  The Independent
3. Ancient Fossil That Baffled Scientists For Decades Finally Reveals Its True Identity  ScienceAlert
4. It's a fake: Mysterious 280 million-year-old fossil is mostly just black paint  Ars Technica
5. Paleontological analysis shows renowned fossil... Читать дальше...

On February 8, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was in Washington on an official visit, aimed at working jointly with the United States to make “sure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself”. If such a statement was made soon after the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation of October 7, one may cognize its logic, based … Continue reading "The Unrepentant West: Olaf Scholz and the Right to Commit Genocide in Gaza"

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1. Teacher banned after sending personal photographs to pupil  Liverpool Echo
2. Essex teacher banned for inappropriate relationship with pupil  BBC
3. Harlow teacher banned from the classroom after 'sexually motivated' relationship with pupil  Essex Live
4. Ban for ex-Penketh High School teacher over kisses to pupil on email  Warrington Guardian
5. Essex school teacher Daniel Treamer banned from teaching | Echo  Southend Echo